The Global Guide to Research Impact
05/03/2014
Blog Posts
James Georgalakis offers insight from a series of workshops in Nepal, as part of the Think Tanks Initiative’s Policy Engagement and Communications Programme, on the development of institutional level engagement strategies.
20/02/2014
Guides & Tutorials
This simple guide, developed by IDS as part of the Think Tank Initiative’s Policy Engagement and Communcations (PEC) programme, is desiged to help people understand what strategic communications is, and what it is not, from a research communications perspective.
10/02/2014
Blog Posts
Nick Benequista argues that think tanks strategic focus, on either supporting evidence-based policies or enhancing public policy decision-making, shapes the way they should be communicating and engaging with stakeholders.
20/11/2013
Blog Posts
The GDN PEM research initiative challenged its partners to reflect upon a series of questions on how to leverage research into policy. This article introduces these questions and why they are important.
02/09/2013
Guides & Tutorials
This guidance note aims to support DFID-funded research programmes as they develop and implement their research uptake strategy. Research programmes which are part-funded by DFID should consult with their DFID programme manager to determine which part(s) apply to them.
05/03/2013
Guides & Tutorials
These guidelines, developed through the University of Cape Town’s OpenUCT Initiative take academics through a four step process to improving their online presence, and taking charge of their online visibility.
08/11/2012
Guides & Tutorials
COMDIS-HSD have just launched this valuable guide that describes how to achieve an embedded approach to health research. Supply and demand are brought together in this interesting approach.
16/08/2012
Guides & Tutorials
Effective communication requires effective strategy and a coherent plan of action. here are six useful guides from six different places that offer valuable information on…
21/05/2012
Blog Posts
The DFID-funded EdQual RPC has provided a list of the communications strategies it developed over the course of the programme between 2005-2009 . This provides…
16/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
In the past, there has been no one source of systematic advice on how to maximize the academic impacts of research in terms of citations…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
This paper reflects on the experience in developing and implementing a communications strategy of several RPC funded by DFID. RPC are collaborative international research consortia…
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
The public health response to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, has been and continues to be overwhelmingly focused on risk, disease and negative outcomes of…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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